Greetings to all!
My name is Steve, aka 'Gummitale' (from Disney's old cartoon series, "Gummi Bears," I used to be a big fan), and I just recently joined Zealot. I'm pushing sixty, but in my younger days, I used to build many space and science-fiction models - "Star Trek," "Star Wars," "Thunderbirds," Irwin Allen, you name it. I gradually sort of fell out of the hobby when I started running out of work and (more importantly) display space. However, that hasn't stopped me from collecting -- I proudly own many professionally made pieces from Bandai, Dragon, Konami, Master Replicas, and such. A number of years ago, I found out about card modeling, and I stared collecting again - mostly famous building and landmarks at first, and eventually branching out into various space and sci-fi items, which is what led me to Zealot.
Like many sci-fi fans and modelers, I had discovered the work of Uhu02 of Japan. His outstanding works are widely admired...and sadly, have been widely pirated (In fact, I just recently came across two of his "2001" pieces for sale on eBay). This has led to access to his model library being 'zealously' guarded and restricted. I did try the pass codes that Uhu02 had left to the membership some five years ago, they no longer appear to work. I just recently had a brief chat with one of the site administrators -- he advised me to reread the 'Message From Uhu02' thread elsewhere on Zealot, as "Everything you need is in it," Hopefully, I can eventually 'crack the code'...
I also hope I'll enjoy my time here. I believe this community can point me toward models of interest and also teach me techniques and tips that will be useful when I finally get around to building again. (Maybe after I win the lottery, retire, and get a bigger house)!
Finally, I do have a lighting-related question concerning a pair of plastic Japanese architectural models I recently acquired through Amazon. And...as soon as I can find the proper place for it, I'll post that question.
Thanks to all!
My name is Steve, aka 'Gummitale' (from Disney's old cartoon series, "Gummi Bears," I used to be a big fan), and I just recently joined Zealot. I'm pushing sixty, but in my younger days, I used to build many space and science-fiction models - "Star Trek," "Star Wars," "Thunderbirds," Irwin Allen, you name it. I gradually sort of fell out of the hobby when I started running out of work and (more importantly) display space. However, that hasn't stopped me from collecting -- I proudly own many professionally made pieces from Bandai, Dragon, Konami, Master Replicas, and such. A number of years ago, I found out about card modeling, and I stared collecting again - mostly famous building and landmarks at first, and eventually branching out into various space and sci-fi items, which is what led me to Zealot.
Like many sci-fi fans and modelers, I had discovered the work of Uhu02 of Japan. His outstanding works are widely admired...and sadly, have been widely pirated (In fact, I just recently came across two of his "2001" pieces for sale on eBay). This has led to access to his model library being 'zealously' guarded and restricted. I did try the pass codes that Uhu02 had left to the membership some five years ago, they no longer appear to work. I just recently had a brief chat with one of the site administrators -- he advised me to reread the 'Message From Uhu02' thread elsewhere on Zealot, as "Everything you need is in it," Hopefully, I can eventually 'crack the code'...
I also hope I'll enjoy my time here. I believe this community can point me toward models of interest and also teach me techniques and tips that will be useful when I finally get around to building again. (Maybe after I win the lottery, retire, and get a bigger house)!
Finally, I do have a lighting-related question concerning a pair of plastic Japanese architectural models I recently acquired through Amazon. And...as soon as I can find the proper place for it, I'll post that question.
Thanks to all!
